diff --git a/src/core/emsesp.cpp b/src/core/emsesp.cpp
index 2af0d9663..361ba34ea 100644
--- a/src/core/emsesp.cpp
+++ b/src/core/emsesp.cpp
@@ -1703,9 +1703,6 @@ void EMSESP::start() {
 #ifndef EMSESP_STANDALONE
     File root             = LittleFS.open(EMSESP_SETTINGS_FILE);
     bool factory_settings = !root;
-    if (!root) {
-        LOG_WARNING("No settings found on filesystem. Using factory settings.");
-    }
     root.close();
 #else
     bool factory_settings = false;
@@ -1717,6 +1714,10 @@ void EMSESP::start() {
     // loads core system services settings (network, mqtt, ap, ntp etc)
     esp32React.begin();
 
+    if (!root) {
+        LOG_WARNING("No settings found on filesystem. Using factory settings.");
+    }
+
 #ifndef EMSESP_STANDALONE
     LOG_INFO("EMS-ESP version %s", EMSESP_APP_VERSION);
     LOG_DEBUG("Boot partition %s, Active partition %s", esp_ota_get_boot_partition()->label, esp_ota_get_running_partition()->label);